"We’re no longer telling objects what to do and why – now, they sense, respond without our direction. Right now we are in the perfect storm for the Internet of Things with accessible robotics, affordable sensors, wireless communications, object tagging, and easy broadband access."

1. April 2013
Internet of things:
The next frontier for UX?

2. Why is it
important?

3. Why now?

4. Plant today.
Harvest tomorrow.

5. From GUI to UUI:
Interfaces for
ubiquitous computing

6. The many names
— Ubiquitous computing
1988
— Ambient intelligence
late 90’s
— Internet of things
1999
— Pervasive computing
2003
— Everyware
2004
— Internet of everything 2012

7. Internet of things:
Винаходимо інтерфейси майбутнього

8. “A model of computation that
will “weave itself into the fabric
of our lives, until it is
indistinguishable from it”
— Adam Weiser

9. Weiser’s original vision:
— Indistinguishable from environment
— Delivered in manner
appropriate to current context

10. From GUI to context data

11. Inventing the future

12. “The best way to predict the
future is to invent it”
— Alan Kay

13. Interaction design
— User-centered design
— Systems design
— Genius design

14. “Far too many items in the world
are designed, constructed,
and foisted upon us with no
understanding — or even care —
for how we will use them”
— Donald Norman

15. User-centered design
UCD focuses on the user’s
needs, problems, and goals
to guide the design
of a system

16. “If I had asked my customers
what they wanted, they
would have said a faster horse”
— Henry Ford

17. Systems design
Combination of components
to realize a solution in essence,
the development of a system
of systems

18. Genius design
The process of exclusively
relying on the wisdom
and experience of the designer
to make all the design decisions

19. “A quality user experience can be
created with genius design if one
starts ... basing decisions on
well-established usability data
and studies”
— Jacob Nielsen

20. Steve Jobs
iPhone

21. Classes of user interface
— Tangible user interface
— Surface user interface
— Ambient user interfaces

22. “Computation in basic objects,
environments and the activities
of our everyday lives in such
a way that no one will notice
its presence”
— Adam Weiser

23. SpaceTop 3D
Supported by MicroSoft

24. “...relies on a self-illuminated or
projected horizontal, vertical, or
spherical interactive surface
coupled with control of computation
into the same physical surface”

25. MicroSoft Surface (PixelSense)
2008

26. MicroSoft Surface
2012

27. From GUI to UUI
Fortnum Mason
Public store, London

28. From GUI to UUI
IllumiRoom
Xbox 720 feature

29. “...a calm technology that can
move easily from the periphery
to the center of our attention,
and back again”
— Adam Weiser

30. Input technologies
— Sensor input (M2M)
— Gesture input
— Speech input

31. Nest
Proactive thermostat

32. Leap Motion Nest
Motion-control hardware Proactive thermostat

33. Myo
Wearable gesture control

34. From GUI to UUI
iOS Siri
Personal assistant

35. Google now
Personal assistant

36. Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dictation software

37. IBM ViaVoice
Speech recognition software

38. Internet of things trends
— Home automation
— Smart body
— Connected cars

39. Iris Smart Kit
DIY system

40. Phillips HUE
Smart lightbulbs

41. Parrot Flower Power
Plant sensor

42. Apple iWatch
Smart watch

43. Nike Fuelband
Activity tracker

44. Larklife
Activity tracker

45. Jawbone UP!
Activity tracker

46. Google Glass
Augmented reality

47. Microsoft project
Augmented reality

48. Conclusion
Conclusion:
What does this mean for
our everyday lives?

49. Learning about Self

50. Learning about
People

51. Learning about
surroundings

52. IoT can help
bring us back into
the physical world

53. Thank you.